USA

I got inspired by another blog to write about my first ever big solo overseas trip, which was USA back in April and May 2001, when I was 20 and a month away from the legal drinking age (not that it mattered since I’m a boring non-drinker anyway). I’ve travelled a lot since then, but your first independent trip always remains a rather special memory. I even dug out my travel diary, which was an interesting read in retrospective. For one thing 99% of it is written in Russian, whereas now my travel diaries are 99% in English, and it’s a bit sad to see how much fluency I’ve lost. And good lord it’s overzealous with descriptions; I spent three whole pages listing all the things I’ve seen at the American Museum of Natural History.

I’ve been lucky enough to see some amazing rock formations on my trips in Australia and overseas:

Delicate Arch in the Arches National Park, Utah, USA

Goosenecks State Park, Utah, USA

Monument Valley, Utah-Arizona border, USA

Wave Rock, Western Australia. Totally worth the 8-hour return trip from Perth.

Cappadocia, Turkey

If you do one hot air balloon ride in your life, this is the place to do it. It just looks like it’s been sculpted by Gaudi.

Purnululu National Park, Kimberley, Western Australia

Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA

I can’t believe this place wasn’t even on our official tour itinerary! It turned out to be one of the highlights.

Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA

Or possibly an alien planet.

Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia

Well technically not twelve anymore…

The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of those perfect moments when you arrive at the famous lookout and it looks 100% like it should.

Raft Point, Kimberley, Western Australia

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First big trip – USA 2001

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